Supreme Court Hears Effort To Curtail Blue State Abortion Access – TPM – Talking Points Memo

[txlawyer]

6-3, no standing.

[jackofalltirades]

“This decision is not ‘unprecedented,’but part of the basic compromise Congress has made in giving federal agencies power over nearly ‘every nook and cranny of daily life,’” the anti-abortion group wrote, citing, who else, Chief Justice John Robert.

Of course, who should have ‘"power over nearly ‘every nook and cranny of daily life’ " other than a bunch of frickin’ Gladys Kravitz’s who want to tell you how you should live your life?

[llwillis]

@paulw

One of the things that worries me is the growing practice of nutbar lawyers including factual assertions that are simply false in their pleadings. And those assertions then become part of the judicial version of the world. There should really be some sanctions for that. (I know that there are in theory, but I mean in practice.)

Sen Sheldon Whitehouse has taken on this issue in his ongoing, well researched and highly articulate crusade against ethical abuse in the Supreme Court and its FedSoc funders and enablers.

[hoagie]

As my wife has said all along, if SCOTUS grants standing to the plaintiffs, then women should unite to contest viagra, as it most certainly leads to sexual assaults. Who knows who might be the next victim? Could be any one of us.

[jackofalltirades]

Ah, the Clarence Thomas Doctrine™…

[mrf]

Fun fact: Ben Franklin created and advocated for herbal remedies for self induced abortions. If only the originalists on the court cited this.

[mrbill30560]

Live Audio:

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[llwillis]

Not looking forward to today. This case should be turned back because its premise is fundamentally flawed. The plaintiffs clearly do not have standing, and court precedent is careful about making clean decisions on standing. In the Alito court, tho, precedent is in the eye of the beholder. The Comstock Act is an IED in the middle of the road. Roberts hates the administrative state, but smashing the fundamental authority of the FDA to review and approve drugs should be a bridge too far… please?

One interesting development is the recent pronouncement of the Judicial Conference (Roberts is chairman) looking to restrict judge shopping, which is the basis for this case… a straight line from judge Kaszmaryk in Amarillo to the 5th circuit and Judge Ho. Background noise which in no way figures into the arguments or the decision.

Scary.

[darrtown]

You got it

[becca656]

Could be, considering none of them have been harmed by the current state of things.

But then again, Roe was settled law.

Stay tuned.

[dont]

@paulw

They’re doing the corruption right out in the open. As long as the money goes to the spouse of a sitting judge instead of directly to the judge, it’s apparently OK.

Can you say “John Roberts”?

[darrtown]

@hoagie

As my wife has said all along, if SCOTUS grants standing to the plaintiffs, then women should unite to contest viagra, as it most certainly leads to sexual assaults. Who knows who might be the next victim? Could be any one of us.

In my humble opinion after a career in reproductive physiology and ovarian cancer specifically… courts ought not to practice medicine. A woman ought to have control of her body, not a court.

[katscherger]

Old white men who don’t give a shit about women’s health issues BECAUSE THOSE MEDICAL ISSUES NEVER AFFECT THEIR OWN BODIES.

Its not like we’re talking about prostate cancer treatment……

[jinnj]

Will the final ruling include mandatory menstruation data reporting and intercourse documentation in order to more comprehensively monitor compliance with laws and regulations.

Anticipate some states expanding…

• DUI testing to include Breathalizer AND a pregnancy test…

[katscherger]

[darrtown]

@llwillis

Roberts hates the administrative state, but smashing the fundamental authority of the FDA to review and approve drugs should be a bridge too far… please?

How many justices or for that matter judges snd lawyers have attended pharmacy schools and gotten a degree in pharmacy?

[noonm]

@txlawyer

6-3, no standing.

Thomas, Alito and…ACB that they do have their absurd form of standing?

[noonm]

@becca656

Could be, considering none of them have been harmed by the current state of things.

The plaintiff’s argument for standing is so absurd that it would open the floodgates for anyone to sue for anything if the SCOTUS condoned it. It’s also the easiest way to punt the question without having to rule on the merits, which is Roberts’ specialty.

[paulw]

@noonm

The plaintiff’s argument for standing is so absurd that it would open the floodgates for anyone to sue for anything if the SCOTUS condoned it

Which would of course only be a problem for lower courts, since the Gang would be perfectly happy to decide that people they don’t like have no standing based on the same “facts” as alleged here. But the lower courts would be clogged trying to figure out the supposedly principles that the Gang was working on.

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@paulw

As long as the money goes to the spouse of a sitting judge instead of directly to the judge, it’s apparently OK.

You only have to route it through the spouse for lower court justices. You can PUBLICLY bribe a supreme court judge directly as long as you say you’re old friends.